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fuel cell, first project with new welder

05-12-2009, 06:54 PM

hey all, im new here. been reading on here for awhile and theres some good info on here. i weld for my job but not too long ago i bought my first tig welder. it is a 99 model syncrowave 350lx. i was looking at new welders at first but for a machine that would do what i wanted i couldnt pass this one up for the money. i paid 3000. for the welder. it is has all the options and it came with a watermate 4 cooler,foot pedal,2 tig torches,arc welding stinger,hand remote switch, smith flometer,and a nice homebuilt cart.

for my first project i decided to build a fuel cell for my car. i still have to order the cap and bungs but basic structure is built. thought id share some pics for you guys.

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Wow that's really nice, what gauge and alloy of AL is that made from? I had an order for one here local and the guy said "i'll supply the sheet aluminum and cut it" well turns out the stuff was anodized, talk about a b*tch to weld ... it was a night mare bump welding all the way around the seems of a rather large cell

Yours looks great though, makes me wanna trash the one down stairs and go get some 1/8th 5052 and start over

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Looks nice, but you probably could of saved a heck of a lot of work and time if you bent some of those angles rather than welded in pieces everywhere. .090 isn't that tough to bend with a piece of angle iron, a few "C" clamps and a rubber mallet.

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thanks for the help
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hope i helped
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